Performance Chip
Considering performance chip for 07 Silverado 2500 DuraMax pulling Jayco 37' fw. All I input appreciated.
Forum Discussion
As a boat owner I have had 3 boats each with a single diesel engine. A Westerbeke, A naturally aspirated 100hp 6cyl. A Perkins 6-354, 240hp turbocharged & a Cummins 5.9L Yep, the same block that is in the Dodge trucks. Mine is a 1996 315hp turbocharged aftercooled version. Later that engine was bumped up further still to a 370hp. Love that motor. No wizardry electronics like the new stuff.
The thing is, I also inhabit a few boating forums, lots of diesel owners in them, & there is little talk of enhancing engine performance.
Maybe it is because in the marine world an engine is always working hard. Always in effect towing a load uphill as it constantly pushes against the resistance of water. There is no flat cruise. No coasting down a grade. Here we talk about getting hundreds of thousands of miles before major maintenance is needed.
A hard running recreational marine diesel owner is starting to think about major maintenance after only a few thousand hours. 10,000 hours, if he has made it that far, he is talking rebuild.
Our trucks & MOHO's live an easy life.
The thing is, I also inhabit a few boating forums, lots of diesel owners in them, & there is little talk of enhancing engine performance.
Maybe it is because in the marine world an engine is always working hard. Always in effect towing a load uphill as it constantly pushes against the resistance of water. There is no flat cruise. No coasting down a grade. Here we talk about getting hundreds of thousands of miles before major maintenance is needed.
A hard running recreational marine diesel owner is starting to think about major maintenance after only a few thousand hours. 10,000 hours, if he has made it that far, he is talking rebuild.
Our trucks & MOHO's live an easy life.
